World Population 2012: 7,000 million

Based on Statistics at www.worldometers.info

Updated in 2019, click here to view this report, with an option to view figures in 2023

Contrast this with the population in 1930, just over 2,000 million, when only a handful of countries, eighteen to be exact, had a population of 20 million or more, based on statistics at www.populstat.info

Nearly 11 billion people have been born since 1900, a phenomenal increase on previous centuries.

1900-1959	Births 4.4 billion (Average 35 per 1000 or 74 million each year)
	Deaths 3.1 billion (Average 25 per 1000 or 52 million each year)

Nett growth 1.7 billion in 1900 to 3 billion in 1959

 

1959-2012	Births 6.5 billion (Average 25 per 1000 or 123 million each year)
	Deaths 2.5 billion (Average 9.5 per 1000 or 47 million each year)

Nett growth 3 billion to 7 billion in 2012

Averages per 1000 are based on a midpoint of 2.3 billion in 1900-1959 and 5 billion in 1959-2012.
 
In 2014, the average birth rate was 18.7 per 1000 (i.e. 134 million for the year) and the death rate was 7.89 per 1000 (i.e. 56 million).

Average Life Span (Life Expectancy at birth) as shown below is based on statistics at Nation Master in 2011. It showed a weighted average of three score and ten (or 70.17 years to be exact) for all the population.

Click here to view these statistics resorted by population size and displaying (at the end) this weighted average of 70.17 years.

Click here to view these same statistics in a spreadsheet .csv file.

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
AFRICA 1.1 billion
1. Nigeria 167 million	48%	50%		48 years
2. Ethiopia 84 million	65%	34%		56 years
3. Egypt 82 million	10%	90%		73 years
4. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) 70 million	80%	10%		55 years
5. South Africa 52 million	80%	2%		49 years
6. Tanzania 45 million	35%	30%		53 years
7. Kenya 42 million	85%	7%		59 years
8. Algeria 38 million	2%	90%		75 years
9. Uganda 37 million	84%	12%		53 years
10. Sudan 37 million	1½%	97%		61 years
11. Morocco 33 million	1%	99%		76 years
12. Mozambique 25 million	41%	23%		52 years
13. Ghana 25 million	69%	16%		61 years
14. Madagascar 22 million	41%	1%		64 years
15. Cameroon 22 million	40%	18%		54 years
16. Angola 21 million	90%	1%		39 years
17. Cote d'Ivoire 20 million	33%	37%		57 years
18. Niger 18 million	5%	95%		53 years
19. Burkina Faso 17 million	23%	59%		54 years
20. Malawi 16 million	80%	13%		52 years
21. Mali 15 million	5%	92%		53 years
22. Zambia 15 million	98%	½%		52 years
23. Zimbabwe 14 million	85%	1%		50 years
24. Senegal 14 million	7%	93%		60 years
25. Chad 13 million	34%	56%		48 years
26. Rwanda 12 million	94%	2%		58 years
27. Guinea 11 million	10%	84%		58 years
28. South Sudan 11 million	60%	6%		54 years
29. Tunisia 10 million	0.2%	99%		75 years
30. Somalia 10 million	0.01%	99%		50 years
31. Burundi 9 million	67%	2%		59 years
32. Benin 9 million	43%	24%		60 years
33. Sierra Leone 6 million	30%	60%		56 years
34. Libya 6 million	2%	97%		78 years
35. Togo 6 million	29%	12%		63 years
36. Eritrea 6 million	51%	37%		63 years
37. Central African Republic 4 million	50%	9%		50 years
38. Republic of the Congo 4 million	91%			55 years
39. Mauritania 3 million	0.1%	99%		61 years
40. Liberia 3 million	40%	12%		57 years
41. Lesotho 2 million	90%			52 years
42. Namibia 2 million	90%	½%		52 years
43. Botswana 2 million	72%	½%		58 years
44. Gambia 2 million	9%	91%		64 years
45. Guinea-Bissau 2 million	10%	42%		49 years
46. Gabon 1 million	72%	10%		52 years
47. Mauritius 1 million	32%	17%	Hinduism 48-50%	74 years
48. Swaziland 1 million	83%	0.2%		49 years
49. Comoros 700 thousand	2%	98%		64 years
50. Equatorial Guinea 600 thousand	99%			62 years
51. Djibouti 500 thousand	6%	94%		61 years
52. Cape Verde 400 thousand	95%			71 years
53. Western Sahara 400 thousand	0.04%	99½%		54 years
54. Mayotte 200 thousand				77 years
55. Sao Tome and Principe 200 thousand				63 years
56. Seychelles 80 thousand	95%	1%		74 years
57. Saint Helena 8 thousand				78 years

 

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
NORTH and CENTRAL AMERICA 550 million
1. U.S.A. 315 million	78%	1%	Judaism 1% Buddhism 1%	78 years
2. Mexico 120 million	95%			76 years
3. Canada 34 million	77%	2%	Buddhism 1% Hinduism 1%	81 years
4. Guatemala 15 million	98%			71 years
5. Cuba 11 million	85%			78 years
6. Dominican Republic 10 million	95%			77 years
7. Haiti 9 million	84%			62 years
8. Honduras 8 million	83%			71 years
9. El Salvador 6 million	82%			73 years
10. Nicaragua 6 million	90%			72 years
11. Costa Rica 4 million	84%			78 years
12. Puerto Rico 4 million	97%			79 years
13. Panama 3 million	92%	1%		78 years
14. Jamaica 3 million	65%			73 years
15. Trinidad and Tobago 1 million	58%	6%	Hinduism 22%	71 years
16. Bahamas 300 thousand	96%			71 years
17. Belize 300 thousand	77%			68 years
18. Barbados 280 thousand	95%			74 years
19. Netherlands Antilles 220 thousand				76 years
20. Saint Lucia 160 thousand				77 years
21. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 120 thousand				74 years
22. Virgin Islands U.S. 110 thousand				79 years
23. Aruba 100 thousand	90%			76 years
24. Grenada 90 thousand	97%			73 years
25. Antigua and Barbuda 85 thousand	74%			75 years
26. Dominica 70 thousand	89%			76 years
27. Bermuda 70 thousand	67%			81 years
28. Cayman Islands 50 thousand	74%			81 years
29. Saint Kitts and Nevis 40 thousand				75 years
30. Saint Martin 30 thousand				79 years
31. Virgin Islands British 25 thousand	96%			78 years
32. Turks and Caicos Islands 20 thousand				79 years
33. Anguilla 15 thousand	90%			81 years
34. Saint Barthelemy 7 thousand
35. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 thousand				80 years
36. Montserrat 5 thousand				73 years

 

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
SOUTH AMERICA 400 million
1. Brazil 200 million	90%			73 years
2. Colombia 46 million	98%			75 years
3. Argentina 41 million	93%	2%		77 years
4. Peru 30 million	94%			72 years
5. Venezuela 30 million	98%			74 years
6. Chile 16 million	87%			78 years
7. Ecuador 14 million	99%			76 years
8. Bolivia 9 million	97%			68 years
9. Paraguay 7 million	97%			76 years
10. Uruguay 3 million	58%			76 years
11. Guyana 800 thousand	57%	7%	Hinduism 28-33%	67 years
12. Suriname 500 thousand	48%	16%	Hinduism 20-27%	74 years

 

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST 4.164 billion
1. China 1.350 billion	5%	2%	Buddhism 8%-80%	75 years
2. India 1.210 billion	2%	13%	Hinduism 80%	67 years
3. Indonesia 240 million	9%	86%	Hinduism 3% Buddhism 2%	71 years
4. Pakistan 180 million	2%	96%		66 years
5. Bangladesh 150 million		90%	Hinduism 10%	70 years
6. Japan 130 million	2%		Buddhism 45-71%	82 years
7. Philippines 95 million	91%	5%	Hinduism 2% Buddhism 2%	72 years
8. Vietnam 90 million	8%		Buddhism 16-85%	72 years
9. Turkey 75 million		98%		73 years
10. Iran 75 million	½%	99%		70 years
11. Thailand 65 million	½%	4½%	Buddhism 95%	74 years
12. South Korea 50 million	29%		Buddhism 23%	79 years
13. Burma (Myanmar) 50 million	4%	4%	Buddhism 90%	65 years
14. Afghanistan 30 million	0.02%	99.7%	Buddhism 0.2%	45 years
15. Nepal 30 million	1%	4%	Hinduism 81% Buddhism 11%	66 years
16. Iraq 30 million	3%	97%		71 years
17. Saudi Arabia 30 million	5%	95%		74 years
18. Uzbekistan 30 million	5%	95%		73 years
19. Malaysia 25 million	9%	60%	Buddhism 22% Hinduism 6%	74 years
20. North Korea 25 million	2%		Buddhism 65%	69 years
21. Yemen 25 million		99%		64 years
22. Taiwan 23 million			Buddhism 35-93%	78 years
23. Sri Lanka 20 million	7%	8%	Buddhism 70% Hinduism 7-15%	76 years
24. Syria 20 million	10%	90%		75 years
25. Kazakhstan 15 million	45%	55%		69 years
26. Cambodia 14 million	2%	1½%	Buddhism 95%	63 years
27. Azerbaijan 8 million	5%	95%		67 years
28. Tajikistan 7 million	1%	84%		66 years
29. Israel 8 million	2%	16%	Judaism 76%	81 years
30. Hong Kong 7 million	10%		Buddhism 10-90%	82 years
31. Laos 7 million	1%		Buddhism 67%	62 years
32. Jordan 6 million	6%	94%		80 years
33. Kyrgyzstan 5 million	17%	83%		70 years
34. Turkmenistan 5 million	9%	91%		69 years
35. Georgia 5 million	89%	10%		77 years
36. United Arab Emirates 5 million	9%	76%	Hinduism 10% Buddhism 5%	77 years
37. Singapore 5 million	15%	15%	Buddhism 42-61% Hinduism 4%	82 years
38. Lebanon 4 million	40%	59%		75 years
39. Oman 3 million	2%	88%	Hinduism 3-6%	74 years
40. Mongolia 3 million	2%	5%	Buddhism 50-93%	68 years
41. Armenia 3 million	99%			73 years
42. Kuwait 3 million	14%	70%	Hinduism 12% Buddhism 4%	77 years
43. West Bank 2 million		98%		74 years
44. Gaza Strip 2 million		98%		73 years
45. Timor-Leste 1 million	97%	3%		68 years
46. Qatar 800 thousand	8%	77%	Hinduism 7% Buddhism 5%	76 years
47. Bahrain 700 thousand	9%	81%	Hinduism 6%	78 years
48. Bhutan 700 thousand	1%	1%	Buddhism 66-75% Hinduism 2-25%	67 years
49. Macau 550 thousand			Buddhism 17-85%	84 years
50. Maldives 400 thousand		98%	Buddhism ½%	74 years
51. Brunei 380 thousand	11%	67%	Buddhism 9%	76 years

 

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
EUROPE and RUSSIA 740 million
1. Russia 143 million	70%	12%	Buddhism 1%	66 years
2. Germany 80 million	83%	4%	Buddhism 1%	80 years
3. France 65 million	84%	10%	Buddhism 1%	81 years
4. United Kingdom 64 million	48%	5%	Hinduism 1%	80 years
5. Italy 60 million	91%			82 years
6. Spain 47 million	77%	1%		81 years
7. Ukraine 44 million	92%	1%		69 years
8. Poland 39 million	96%			76 years
9. Romania 20 million	98%			74 years
10. Netherlands 17 million	43%	6%		80 years
11. Greece 10 million	98%	2%		80 years
12. Portugal 10 million	87%			79 years
13. Belgium 10 million	48%	3%		80 years
14. Czech Republic 10 million	29%		Buddhism ½%	77 years
15. Hungary 10 million	74%			75 years
16. Belarus 10 million	80%			71 years
17. Sweden 9 million	76%	2%		81 years
18. Austria 8 million	66%	4%		80 years
19. Switzerland 8 million	79%	4%		81 years
20. Bulgaria 7 million	84%	12%		74 years
21. Serbia 7 million	91%	3%		75 years
22. Denmark 5 million	82%	2%		79 years
23. Slovakia 5 million	71%			76 years
24. Finland 5 million	81%			79 years
25. Norway 5 million	86%	1%	Buddhism ½%	80 years
26. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 million	51%	40%		79 years
27. Croatia 4 million	93%			76 years
28. Moldova 4 million	98%	½%		71 years
29. Ireland 4 million	92%	½%		80 years
30. Albania 4 million	35%	65%		77 years
31. Lithuania 3 million	85%			75 years
32. Latvia 2 million	57%			73 years
33. Macedonia 2 million	65%	33%		75 years
34. Slovenia 2 million	58%	2%		77 years
35. Kosovo 2 million	4%	95%		70 years
36. Estonia 1 million	28%		Buddhism ½%	73 years
37. Cyprus 800 thousand	77%	22%	Buddhism 1%	78 years
38. Montenegro 680 thousand	78%	18%		74 years
39. Luxembourg 500 thousand	87%	3%		80 years
40. Malta 400 thousand	98%			80 years
41. Iceland 300 thousand	89%			81 years
42. Jersey 90 thousand				81 years
43. Andorra 80 thousand	90%			82 years
44. Isle of Man 75 thousand				81 years
45. Guernsey 65 thousand				82 years
46. Greenland 60 thousand	97%			71 years
47. Faroe Islands 50 thousand	94%			80 years
48. Liechtenstein 35 thousand	88%			80 years
49. Monaco 35 thousand	88%			90 years
50. San Marino 30 thousand	97%			83 years
51. Gibraltar 30 thousand				79 years

 

Countries	Census Data			Average Life Span
	Christian	Muslim	Other
OCEANIA 37 million
1. Australia 23 million	64%	2%	Buddhism 2%	82 years
2. Papua New Guinea 7 million	96%			66 years
3. New Zealand 4 million	55%	1%	Buddhism 1%	81 years
4. Fiji 940 thousand	58%	6%	Hinduism 30-33%	71 years
5. Solomon Islands 580 thousand				74 years
6. French Polynesia (includes Tahiti) 280 thousand			Buddhism 7%	77 years
7. New Caledonia 225 thousand		3%	Buddhism 3%	77 years
8. Samoa 220 thousand				72 years
9. Vanuatu 215 thousand				65 years
10. Guam 175 thousand				78 years
11. Tonga 120 thousand	81%			75 years
12. Kiribati 110 thousand				64 years
13. Micronesia Federated States 110 thousand	95%			72 years
14. Northern Mariana Islands 90 thousand				77 years
15. American Samoa 65 thousand	98%			74 years
16. Marshall Islands 65 thousand				72 years
17. Palau 20 thousand	78%			72 years
18. Wallis and Futuna 15 thousand				79 years
19. Nauru 15 thousand				65 years
20. Cook Islands 10 thousand				75 years
21. Tuvalu 10 thousand				65 years

Sharia Law contrasted with Faith in Christ Jesus, the Son of God

 

Sharia (in the Arab world) is a word that is fairly close in meaning to Torah (in the Hebrew scriptures) from Yara — Pathway (to pasture) — normally translated as Law — that which points out the pathway to ongoing sustenance (from God).

 

Christianity, a heart-based relationship with Christ, God's Son

See Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews, to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to them that are without law, as without law - being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ (the Anointed one) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Muslim belief on this matter

Note the words in the Koran, declaring that yes, Jesus was born of a virgin, Mary, but in the Koran it is blasphemy to declare him to be the Son of God, interceding and atoning for man's sins through his shed blood.

See the applicable extract below, from Maryam - Sura (chapter) 19: verses 29-40

So she pointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the cradle a child?" [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah (i.e. contribution-payment) as long as I remain alive. And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant. And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive." That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute. It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. [Jesus said], "And indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. That is a straight path." Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day. How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error. And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Day of Regret, when the matter will be concluded; and [yet], they are in [a state of] heedlessness, and they do not believe. Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned. And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth …

Now, back to Sharia, being under the Law

What countries use Sharia Law?

http://wiki.answers.com /Q/What countries use Sharia Law#ixzz1Nz6U2qwo

Countries using strict forms of Sharia Law include:

Death for Blasphemy:

1. Afghanistan
2. Bahrain
3. Iran
4. Mauritania
5. Oman
6. Pakistan
7. Yemen
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Gaza

Imprisonment for Blasphemy:

1. Algeria
2. Bangladesh
3. Egypt
4. Iraq
5. Kuwait
6. Libya
7. Malaysia
8. Maldives
9. Morocco
10. Somalia
11. Tunisia
12. United Arab Emirates

Nations that include some level of Sharia (lenient sentences for honour killings, ban on new churches, floggings, etc):

1. Indonesia (Flogging, Caning; Sharia applied strictly in Aceh province)
2. Turkey (Restrictions on alcohol)
3. Brunei (Caning, Alcohol is illegal)
4. Jordan (2 years or less for honour killings)
5. Eritrea (Girls as young as 8 can be married, spousal rape is not recognized)
6. Syria (1 year or less for honour killings)
7. Djibouti (Sharia law regarding divorce)
8. Chechnya (Modest dress enforced, Alcohol and gambling suppressed by local authorities)
9. Niger (girls can be married off before they reach puberty)
10. Nigeria (Sharia is enforced in the northern states)
11. Kenya (Ad Hoc Sharia enforced in the east near the border with Somalia)
12. Gambia (Sharia courts decide all family matters, including for non-Muslims)
13. Qatar (public consumption is illegal during Ramadan, Alcohol heavily restricted, blood money acceptable punishment for murder, "kafala" law which is also shared by all Gulf states but Bahrain is technically slavery)
14. Uganda (Kadhi Courts overseeing family and civil matters)

Most "Western" nations also have parallel Sharia legal systems (for example in Canada polygamy is widely practiced and authorities look the other way, Imams refusing to condemn or work to stop it). Sharia finance is also practiced in many nations around the world. Many other Islamic nations that do not apply Sharia (such as Azerbaijan, Albania, Bosnia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikstan) have large portions of their population who do want it applied or who actively seek to abide by it extra-legally.

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